Categoria: AI

The Pentagon is playing chicken with Anthropic over who gets to control how the military uses AI while communities across the country are blocking data center construction. As the AI debate has been flattened to “doomers versus boomers,” one state legislator is attempting to walk a middle road.  On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Rebecca Bellan sits down with Alex Bores, a New York State Assemblymember and candidate for U.S. Congress. Bores sponsored New York’s… Continua a leggere Who’s really running AI? Inside the billion-dollar battle over regulation with Alex Bores 

The new funding consists of a $50 billion investment from Amazon as well as $30 billion each from Nvidia and SoftBank, against a $730 billion valuation.

Google is making Nano Banana 2 a default model in Gemini app and in AI mode.

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On June 9, over 1,000 founders, investors, and decision-makers will gather for TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026. This isn’t just foot traffic. It’s a full day of concentrated deal flow.

Figma is integrating OpenAI’s coding assistant Codex a week after it announced a similar integration with Anthropic’s Claude Code.

Trace is launching with $3 million in seed funding, including investment from Y Combinator, Zeno Ventures, Transpose Platform Management, Goodwater Capital, Formosa Capital, and WeFunder.

The wearable incentivizes healthy behavior with points that can be redeemed for health products.

Public backlash over the data center boom is leading to a variety of draconian policies — including bans on new construction.

Gemini on Android will be able to automate tasks involving rideshare requests, or grocery or food delivery, says Google.